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UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA), is the University of California, Los Angeles’ unit for presentation and scholarship associated with the performing arts. Located within Royce Hall, CAP UCLA is organized under the jurisdiction of the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture, along with the Hammer Museum and the Fowler Museum.

CAP UCLA, the largest performing arts presenter on the west coast, serves the public by curating an annual season of live performance, supporting artists who work in contemporary dance, theater and music. By developing audiences and providing artists with resources, they facilitate community exposure to the art of performance.

History
In 1936, University of California President Robert Gordon Sproul appointed the Committee on Drama, Lectures, and Music to oversee programming at Royce Hall and, in 1937, UCLA’s first performing arts season began. The Committee on Drama, Lectures, and Music was later renamed to the Committee on Fine Arts Productions. In the 1980s it became the UCLA Center for the Performing Arts, in 1998 it was re-branded as UCLA Performing Arts, then in 2001 it was renamed to UCLA Live. In 2011 it became the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA with the hiring of artistic director Kristy Edmunds.

Educational Programs
In order to contribute to the arts education of LA’s often underserved children, CAP UCLA partners with public schools through the Design For Sharing program. Design For Sharing provides educational experiences for more than 16,000 K-12 students each year by creating opportunities for them to attend special performances.

Support for Artists
CAP UCLA’s artist residency program provides local and national artists creative time and necessary space for the development of new work. Artists who have benefited include Ann Carlson, Somi and Sussan Deyhim.

Additionally, CAP UCLA’s fellowship program awards three-year creative development platforms to master practitioners, providing audiences with several opportunities to experience their work. Fellowships have been awarded to artists such as Laurie Anderson, Jason Moran, Ann Hamilton, Robert Wilson, Kronos Quartet, Anne Bogart and SITI Company.

Notable Performances
Artists who have performed at Royce Hall since 1937 include:


 * George Gershwin
 * Arnold Schoenberg
 * Duke Ellington
 * Igor Stravinsky
 * Miles Davis
 * Leonard Bernstein
 * Philip Glass
 * Steve Reich
 * Luciano Pavarotti
 * Nina Simone
 * Frank Sinatra
 * Dizzy Gillespie
 * John Coltrane
 * Louis Armstrong
 * Dave Brubeck
 * Thelonious Monk
 * Chick Corea
 * Pharoah Sanders
 * Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
 * Ella Fitzgerald
 * Pete Seeger
 * Ray Charles
 * Carole King
 * Neil Young
 * Ornette Coleman
 * Simon and Garfunkel
 * Tom Waits
 * Ravi Shankar
 * Joan Baez
 * Merce Cunningham Dance Company
 * Martha Graham Dance Company
 * Annette Bening
 * Mikhail Baryshnikov
 * Anna Halprin
 * Royal Shakespeare Company
 * Ian McKellan
 * Vincent Price
 * Merle Haggard

In addition, CAP UCLA and its predecessors have brought numerous authors, politicians and thought leaders to Royce Hall over the years, including:


 * Aldous Huxley
 * Langston Hughes
 * Eleanor Roosevelt
 * Harry Truman
 * John F Kennedy
 * Richard Nixon
 * Henry Miller
 * Margaret Atwood
 * Matt Groening
 * Jonas Salk
 * Joseph Campbell
 * Spalding Gray
 * John Waters
 * Ira Glass
 * Werner Herzog
 * Maya Angelou
 * David Sedaris
 * Ray Bradbury
 * John Cleese
 * Tony Kushner
 * Jane Goodall